FW: A prayer in Kannada to the Divine Mother as Sharada

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Raghavendra Hebbalalu [hs_raghavendra]

Friday, June 27, 2003 7:19 PM

ravi

A prayer in Kannada to the Divine Mother as Sharada

 

 

namaste,

I was browsing the ambaa site recently and saw

that there were several prayers to the Divine Mother.

My favorite rUpa is that of shrI shAradAmba.

I had written a poem/prayer in Kannada a while

ago on shrI shAradAmba. If you find it good enough,

please include it with the other prayers.

 

suprItAstu mahAmAtA|

-rAghavendra

 

Poem begins--

|shrIgaNeshashAradAsadgurubhyo namaH|

 

shAradAvandana

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kamalajana hR^itkamalavAsini !

bhaktajanamanadiShTadAyini !

j~JAnajvAlini chAruhAsini !

kApu shArade buddhirUpiNi! ||1||

 

varSha sAvira kuLitu baredaru

ninnayujvala amita chariteya

sAladI pari stutiyu pOlvudu

sAgarada jalabimduvomdanu ||2||

 

avatarise hari natara poreyalu

iLiye shamkara yamana harisalu

janara manadoLu vij~JAnavAgi

pAlipe nI tAy sarvashrEShThaLu ! ||3||

 

jAgrat-svapna-suShuptiyennuva

mUravastheya mIri nilluva

satyAsatyava dATi mumdiha

AtmadAtmavu nIne tAye! ||4||

 

A rough English translation:

 

O One who resides in the lotus heart of the lotus born

(Lord Brahma) ! O Granter of boons to devotees!

O the Igniter of the lamp of knowledge!

O One with the beautiful smile! Protect us! O shAradA

who are of the form of buddhi! ||1||

 

(Note: the buddhi rUpiNi is from the saptashati yA

dEvI sarvabhutEShu buddhirUpeNa saMsthitA |)

 

Even if one were to write about Your Infinite Holy

exploits (which again, are many) for a full thousand

years,

It would be hopelessly inadequate, O Mother,

For it would resemble a tiny droplet in the ocean!

|| 2 ||

 

Many a time did descend Hari to protect the righteous!

Shiva, too had to descend, to ward of Yama!

But You, O Mother are the best of all !

Because You protect as the vijnAna (or the form of

intellect as a Guide) in Your devotees ! || 3 ||

 

(Note : Lord Hari descended or incarnated several

times to protect the righteous. Even Lord Shiva came

to earth to protect his devotee Markandeya from Yama.

But the Mother as powerful and all pervading as She

is, protects all as the lamp of intelligence and

knowledge the idea is that She guides even Hari and

hara)

 

Mother, You indeed transcend the three states

of Wakefulness, Dream and Deep Sleep. You are above

notions of truth and falsehood. And Are the Self of my

self, O Mother! || 4 ||

 

(Here the Mother is seen as the Supreme Self who is in

the turIyAvasthA and is beyond all relative

considerations. She is the Self of everybody.)

 

The first line can be used as a pallavi. This can be

made to fit tishratripuTa tALa.

 

 

 

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